Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda quashed rumours of him retiring from politics, saying he was ready to fulfil any responsibility if the Congress won the Haryana Assembly polls slated to be held on October 8.

One of the prominent leaders who had rebelled against the party candidate from Nalwa, Sampat Singh was persuaded to withdraw from the race. Also, former MLA and chief parliamentary secretary Ram Kishan Fauji, withdrew his nomination from Bawani Khera seat.

"A Jat voter thinks that only Congress can give the state a Jat CM. On the contrary, the BJP has a non-Jat CM image, and the problem with the Jats is that they cannot accept a non-Jat as the CM," a Jat from Kaithal told Swarajya.

Caught in a direct contest in the high-stakes Haryana Assembly poll scheduled for October 5, both national parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, have tried to strike a fine balance between various communities in their ticket distribution, giving a sneak peek into the caste dynamics and social engineering each party is banking on.

Gurugram: The BJP's Gurgaon candidate Mukesh Sharma on Wednesday promised to solve the issues of electricity, water and roads in the constituency, if elected to power. Addressing a public meeting at Mia Wali colony, Sharma claimed the nation is in safe hands under the rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Congress on Wednesday announced seven guarantees, including the promises of a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) and a caste survey, if voted to power in Haryana in

Three BJP candidates in the Sohna and Pataudi Assembly constituencies of Gurugram have never attended college, as per their nomination affidavits. Additionally, two Congress candidates from Sohna and Badshahpur also lack a college education.